DRY-FARMING 



seeding is over and before the harvest 

 begins, if the ground is in a suitable 

 state. In Montana, as well as in some 

 other sections, the rainy season makes 

 early- to mid-summer a favorable time 

 to plow for the summer fallow and fall 

 grains. It is also a particularly good 

 season for breaking up new ground. In 

 breaking care should be taken to lay the 

 furrows down evenly and then to roll or 

 pack them close to the sub-soil, following 

 immediately with the harrow to fill up the 

 spaces and form a surface-mulch. This 

 will tend to check the excessive evapora- 

 tion which goes on during the hot days 

 of summer. Sod ground can be plowed 

 with safety when considerably wetter 

 than old land. 



On Plows. 



The ordinary moldboard plow does 

 better work than the disc plow and should 

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